Shake a Tail Feather

Cover versions

• The Kingsmen included the song on their 1966 The Kingsmen Up And Away album.
• A 1967 version by James & Bobby Purify reached #25 on the Billboard Hot 100.
• Ike & Tina Turner and the Ikettes released renditions of the song on the albums The Ike & Tina Turner Show — Vol. 2 and So Fine.
• In 1997, R&B and soul singer/guitarist Taj Mahal, along with The Cultural Heritage Choir, cover the song from the album Shakin' a Tailfeather.
• The Monkees performed the song in 1969 on the band's television special, 33 Revolutions Per Monkee.
• Japanese garage punk band Teengenerate recorded the song for their 1994 10" vinyl release "Audio Recording".
• Hanson included the song in a medley with "Gimme Some Lovin'" on their 1998 release, Live from Albertane.
• The song was covered by The Cheetah Girls for the 2005 Walt Disney Pictures film, Chicken Little.
• In 2012, one of the songwriters, Andre Williams included the song on his 2012 Alive album, Life.
• In November 2013 The Overtones recorded the song for their album Saturday Night at the Movies.

Song in other media

• Ray Charles covered and performed the song during his scenes in the 1980 film The Blues Brothers in a version that included calls for various 1960s dances, such as the Twist, the Monkey, The Fly, The Swim, The Frug, the Mashed Potato, and the Boogaloo, to be performed by a crowd gathered outside Ray's Music Exchange.
• The original version was featured on the soundtrack of the 1988 film Hairspray.
• The song was also re-created for the 1993 film What's Love Got to Do with It.